Ciao ciao Socl. So long and thank you for all the fish. Il social media di Microsoft verrà chiuso tra pochi giorni. Come quale social media di Microsoft? Ah, ho capito: forse è per quello che lo chiudono.
Money quote: “Socl has been a wonderful outlet for creative expression, as well as a place to enjoy a supportive community of like-minded people, sharing and learning together. In supporting you, Socl’s unique community of creators, we have learned invaluable lessons in what it takes to establish and maintain community as well as introduce novel new ways to make, share and collect digital stuff we love.”
http://blog.fuselabs.org/post/158073843056/socl-is-saying-farewell-as-of-march-15-2017
Money quote: “Socl has been a wonderful outlet for creative expression, as well as a place to enjoy a supportive community of like-minded people, sharing and learning together. In supporting you, Socl’s unique community of creators, we have learned invaluable lessons in what it takes to establish and maintain community as well as introduce novel new ways to make, share and collect digital stuff we love.”
http://blog.fuselabs.org/post/158073843056/socl-is-saying-farewell-as-of-march-15-2017
blog.fuselabs.org
So.cl is saying farewell as of March 15, 2017 - Blog of FUSE Labs at Microsoft Research
So.cl is saying farewell as of March 15, 2017 Socl has been a wonderful outlet for creative expression, as well as a place to enjoy a supportive community of like-minded people, sharing and learning...
Avete presente la Graphic Novel? Quello inventato da Will Eisner con il suo “Contratto con Dio”? Ecco, no. Pensate meglio. Il processo di creazione della Graphic Novel (io lo uso al femminile, accidenti ai gram-nazi) è molto più complesso. E il ruolo di Eisner c’è, ma va capito meglio. Il mondo è una cosa complicata. Lo spiega molto, molto bene Matteo Stefanelli su Fumettologica.
Money quote: “(…) anche per evitare che l’antica Distorsione Eisner inquini e appiattisca il dibattito. L’uscita di Contratto con Dio non è stato un momento di creazione, quanto piuttosto di amplificazione. Con l’esempio fornito dalla sua credibilità di autore affermato, Eisner non ha aperto la strada al graphic novel, bensì la ha allargata, asfaltata, illuminata. Quanto basta a disfarsi di certa vulgata agiografica, ma anche quanto serve per sottolineare il ruolo propulsivo di un libro (di un autore) che ha contribuito a condurre il fumetto lungo la strada in cui possiamo incontrarlo oggi.”
http://www.fumettologica.it/2015/03/la-distorsione-eisner/
Money quote: “(…) anche per evitare che l’antica Distorsione Eisner inquini e appiattisca il dibattito. L’uscita di Contratto con Dio non è stato un momento di creazione, quanto piuttosto di amplificazione. Con l’esempio fornito dalla sua credibilità di autore affermato, Eisner non ha aperto la strada al graphic novel, bensì la ha allargata, asfaltata, illuminata. Quanto basta a disfarsi di certa vulgata agiografica, ma anche quanto serve per sottolineare il ruolo propulsivo di un libro (di un autore) che ha contribuito a condurre il fumetto lungo la strada in cui possiamo incontrarlo oggi.”
http://www.fumettologica.it/2015/03/la-distorsione-eisner/
Fumettologica
La distorsione Eisner
La storia del graphic novel, oggi, la conoscono in molti. Almeno per sommi capi. La vulgata sostiene infatti che la sua affermazione coincida con A Contract With God, opera del 1978 che aprì una nuova fase – una seconda giovinezza nell’editoria di fumetto…
Si può ordinare su IndieGoGo lofree, la tastiera meccanica per Mac: il piacere della scrittura analogica nel mio pezzo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/arriva-lofree-piacere-della-scrittura-analogica-apple/
http://www.macitynet.it/arriva-lofree-piacere-della-scrittura-analogica-apple/
Macitynet.it
Lofree, la tastiera meccanica da sogno progettata per iPhone, iPad e Mac - Macitynet.it
lofree la tastiera meccanica per mac e iOS offre tasti rotondi e ben funzionali più tutte le comodità delle scorciatoie Apple
Vivono felici e contenti nell'età della pietra, senza tecnologie moderne. E il loro cervello vede un una maniera, e con una precisione, nettamente superiori a quelli delle persone "modernizzate". Una popolazione seminomade della Namibia dimostrerebbe che l'ambiente impatta sulla nostra mente molto più di quanto non credessimo.
Money quote: "Davidoff’s team were scrupulously sensitive to the Himba’s way of life. They had to gain the permission of the village chief for each experiment, and typically performed the experiments outside the kraal; he says he was only once invited inside. “The hut was really like this Stone Age thing – it was truly remarkable,” he says. “There were no Western artefacts in their society,” he says. Despite these basic circumstances, they are general healthy and well-fed. “They really don’t seem to want for very much – it’s a nice life in many ways.”"
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170306-the-astonishing-focus-of-namibias-nomads
Money quote: "Davidoff’s team were scrupulously sensitive to the Himba’s way of life. They had to gain the permission of the village chief for each experiment, and typically performed the experiments outside the kraal; he says he was only once invited inside. “The hut was really like this Stone Age thing – it was truly remarkable,” he says. “There were no Western artefacts in their society,” he says. Despite these basic circumstances, they are general healthy and well-fed. “They really don’t seem to want for very much – it’s a nice life in many ways.”"
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170306-the-astonishing-focus-of-namibias-nomads
Bbc
The astonishing vision and focus of Namibia’s nomads
The Himba people of Namibia can see fine details and ignore distraction much better than most other human beings – a finding that may reflect the ways that modern life is changing us.
Avete presente le grandi multinazionali del tabacco? Quelle grandi e cattive, che vendono morte? Pare abbiano paura del futuro e siano entrare in "startup-mode", alla ricerca di una via d'uscita dal loro business prima che imploda. Un po' come se i tassisti si stessero dando da fare per evitare di essere bruciati da Uber e dalle auto che si guidano da sole.
Money quote: "Since the rise of e-cigarettes, it’s no longer such a stretch to imagine a messianic engineer in a garage somewhere inventing a nicotine-delivery gadget capable of doing to cigarettes what Uber did to taxicabs or Napster did to the compact disc. If your profits hinge on nicotine addicts, you might want that visionary in your employ. Everywhere you look in the industry, companies are pouring money into product development while borrowing liberally from the style of Silicon Valley. They’re funding tech incubators, running venture funds, hosting TED-style talks, and developing apps. The new dogma has spread. Cigarettes are the industry’s past. Reduced-risk tobacco platforms are the user interface of the future."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-08/big-tobacco-has-caught-startup-fever
Money quote: "Since the rise of e-cigarettes, it’s no longer such a stretch to imagine a messianic engineer in a garage somewhere inventing a nicotine-delivery gadget capable of doing to cigarettes what Uber did to taxicabs or Napster did to the compact disc. If your profits hinge on nicotine addicts, you might want that visionary in your employ. Everywhere you look in the industry, companies are pouring money into product development while borrowing liberally from the style of Silicon Valley. They’re funding tech incubators, running venture funds, hosting TED-style talks, and developing apps. The new dogma has spread. Cigarettes are the industry’s past. Reduced-risk tobacco platforms are the user interface of the future."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-08/big-tobacco-has-caught-startup-fever
Bloomberg
Big Tobacco Has Caught Startup Fever
It’s not smoking. It’s platform-agnostic nicotine delivery solutions.
Arriva il WiFi del futuro, più veloce e consuma meno - Il mio articolo per la Stampa
Money quote: “Sarà più stabile e sicuro, ma conserverà la compatibilità con gli standard attuali”
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/09/tecnologia/news/arriva-il-wifi-del-futuro-pi-veloce-e-consuma-meno-QxoxxCvqsPpoLfSEMCpCvN/pagina.html
Money quote: “Sarà più stabile e sicuro, ma conserverà la compatibilità con gli standard attuali”
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/09/tecnologia/news/arriva-il-wifi-del-futuro-pi-veloce-e-consuma-meno-QxoxxCvqsPpoLfSEMCpCvN/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Arriva il WiFi del futuro, più veloce e consuma meno
Sarà più stabile e sicuro, ma conserverà la compatibilità con gli standard attuali
Una delle profezie su Donald Trump presidente degli Stati Uniti che mi sento di fare è che l’uomo uscirà dalla Casa Bianca in manette. L’ipotesi se ci pensate è tutt’altro che peregrina: si tratta di arrivare a un punto in cui un altro equilibrio di poteri - giocato sul vicepresidente Pence - sia possibile e Trump faccia qualche passo davvero falso. Come accusare pubblicamente il suo predecessore Barack Obama di aver montato un sistema di spionaggio paragonabile a quello di Richard Nixon per il Watergate. Una fantasia allucinata che nasce in ambienti dell’estrema desta americana ma che, soprattutto, nell’essere raccolta da Trump mostra che l’uomo ha delle difficoltà, non è mentalmente lucido. Sul serio. E Vladimir Putin non riesce neanche ad approfittare fino in fondo di questa situazione, da quanto è fuori controllo.
Money quote: “The president of the United States doesn’t know how warrants for wiretaps work, and considered hiring a private investigator to “prove” a fever dream charge against his predecessor. This man is unfit for the job, and not mentally well. Those surrounding him who refuse to acknowledge this and remove him from office are doing a grave disservice to the nation and the world, simply for the sake of protecting their own power.”
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/03/08/trump-has-proven-himself-unfit
Money quote: “The president of the United States doesn’t know how warrants for wiretaps work, and considered hiring a private investigator to “prove” a fever dream charge against his predecessor. This man is unfit for the job, and not mentally well. Those surrounding him who refuse to acknowledge this and remove him from office are doing a grave disservice to the nation and the world, simply for the sake of protecting their own power.”
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/03/08/trump-has-proven-himself-unfit
daringfireball.net
Trump Has Proven Himself Unfit
Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/politics/trump-wiretap-claim-obama.html?_r=0
Se una persona dà segni di depressione suicida sui social media, cosa bisogna fare? Si interviene? Come? In quale modo? Ci sono domande che la medicina moderna non si era mai posta prima.
Money quote: "I’m a physician at the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where depression is a frequent diagnosis. Yet the diagnosis isn’t always simple, because symptoms are so variable and patients and doctors can get confused. Often, patients are sent for evaluation for something else, such as sleeping or eating problems, or the possibility of a grave physical illness of unknown cause. After a diagnosis of depression, the adolescents typically nod their heads in understanding, formerly tense shoulders now visibly relaxing. They are glad there is a name for what they feel, glad to know it’s not just them, and that there are treatment options"
https://aeon.co/essays/if-suicide-is-signalled-on-social-media-should-you-intervene
Money quote: "I’m a physician at the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where depression is a frequent diagnosis. Yet the diagnosis isn’t always simple, because symptoms are so variable and patients and doctors can get confused. Often, patients are sent for evaluation for something else, such as sleeping or eating problems, or the possibility of a grave physical illness of unknown cause. After a diagnosis of depression, the adolescents typically nod their heads in understanding, formerly tense shoulders now visibly relaxing. They are glad there is a name for what they feel, glad to know it’s not just them, and that there are treatment options"
https://aeon.co/essays/if-suicide-is-signalled-on-social-media-should-you-intervene
Aeon
Status: suicidal
The stigma of depression is lifting on social media, so if suicide is signalled in your newsfeed, should you intervene?
Tinder ha creato Select, la versione "segreta" della sua rete di contatti che desiderano incontri sexy tra aulyo consenzienti, riservata ai ricchi, molto belli e molto famosi. Ma soprattutto, molto belli.
Money quote: "One source who was using the app said it’s “for celebrities and people who do really well on Tinder.”"
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/07/tinder-select-is-a-secret-members-only-version-of-the-app/
Money quote: "One source who was using the app said it’s “for celebrities and people who do really well on Tinder.”"
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/07/tinder-select-is-a-secret-members-only-version-of-the-app/
TechCrunch
Tinder Select is a secret, members-only version of the app
Tinder has been operating a members-only version of the platform called Tinder Select, which is meant to serve only the elite users on the app, including
Quando uno pensa di averle sentite tutte, arriva la Casaleggio e associato a contraddirlo.
Storie dei talk show in par condicio
Money quote: "Canale 5, Roma, studio del Palatino, mercoledì 8 giugno, ore 20. Si registra “Matrix”, con Luca Telese. L’assistente di regia si esprime con l’aria che hanno gli uomini da tempo rassegnati a monotoni orizzonti di lavoro, guarda gli ospiti, per lo più giornalisti, uno del Foglio e una del Fatto, li misura distrattamente con lo sguardo, poi in romanesco bonario spiega la procedura: “Mo’ voi entrate in studio, fate due battute co’ Luca, poi però entra Di Maio e voi dovete uscire di corsa…”. Pausa d’imbarazzo. Come uscire, scusi, in che senso? “Dovete lascia’ lo studio”. Ce ne andiamo a casa. “No, no, dovete fa’ finta de non esserci proprio finché ce sta Di Maio”. Noi non ci siamo. “E niente domande”. Zitti e mosca. “Però quanno se collega Salvini da Milano allora potete rientra’ in studio”. E Salvini invece se le fa fare le domande? “Sì, Salvini sì. Poi però dovete usci’ quanno entra Chiara Appendino che se collega da casa sua a Torino”. E noi sparire. “Ma poi rientrate”. Ah. “C’è Anna Maria Bernini di Forza Italia”. E si fanno le domande. “Eccerto”."
http://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2016/06/17/news/un-giorno-da-talk-97358/
Storie dei talk show in par condicio
Money quote: "Canale 5, Roma, studio del Palatino, mercoledì 8 giugno, ore 20. Si registra “Matrix”, con Luca Telese. L’assistente di regia si esprime con l’aria che hanno gli uomini da tempo rassegnati a monotoni orizzonti di lavoro, guarda gli ospiti, per lo più giornalisti, uno del Foglio e una del Fatto, li misura distrattamente con lo sguardo, poi in romanesco bonario spiega la procedura: “Mo’ voi entrate in studio, fate due battute co’ Luca, poi però entra Di Maio e voi dovete uscire di corsa…”. Pausa d’imbarazzo. Come uscire, scusi, in che senso? “Dovete lascia’ lo studio”. Ce ne andiamo a casa. “No, no, dovete fa’ finta de non esserci proprio finché ce sta Di Maio”. Noi non ci siamo. “E niente domande”. Zitti e mosca. “Però quanno se collega Salvini da Milano allora potete rientra’ in studio”. E Salvini invece se le fa fare le domande? “Sì, Salvini sì. Poi però dovete usci’ quanno entra Chiara Appendino che se collega da casa sua a Torino”. E noi sparire. “Ma poi rientrate”. Ah. “C’è Anna Maria Bernini di Forza Italia”. E si fanno le domande. “Eccerto”."
http://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2016/06/17/news/un-giorno-da-talk-97358/
IL FOGLIO
Un giorno da talk
“Mo’ voi giornalisti venite in studio, poi uscite quanno entra Di Maio, e rientrate con Salvini, ok?”. La Casaleggio Associati chiama, le redazioni rispondono, prendono appunti, e le trasmissioni cucinano la trama delle interviste solitarie…
Storia del monte Tatayema, il posto più nevoso del Giappone e forse del pianeta. Ma più che la storia, l’incredibile lavoro da formichine degli addetti alla manutenzione delle strade e le foto del “tunnel nella neve” che riescono a creare e difendere dagli elementi, giorno per giorno. Pazzesco.
Money quote: “Mt. Tateyama rises 9,892 feet in Japan’s Hida Mountains and is considered one of the country’s Three Holy Mountains. It also may be one of the snowiest mountains in Japan, and perhaps one of the snowiest places on planet Earth.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/snow-canyon-japan
Money quote: “Mt. Tateyama rises 9,892 feet in Japan’s Hida Mountains and is considered one of the country’s Three Holy Mountains. It also may be one of the snowiest mountains in Japan, and perhaps one of the snowiest places on planet Earth.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/snow-canyon-japan
Atlas Obscura
How to Clear a Path Through 60 Feet of Snow, Japanese Style
Snow Canyon in Toyama is both visually stunning and quite the technical feat.
Sciopero a oltranza: la situazione al Sole 24 Ore si fa tosta, indagati il direttore e altre 8 persone.
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/10/italia/cronache/inchiesta-sul-sole-ore-indagati-il-direttore-roberto-napoletano-e-altre-otto-persone-ZvpOlQ6GyVHb5t6PO7XlaI/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/10/italia/cronache/inchiesta-sul-sole-ore-indagati-il-direttore-roberto-napoletano-e-altre-otto-persone-ZvpOlQ6GyVHb5t6PO7XlaI/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Sole 24 Ore, indagati il direttore e altre 8 persone. La redazione: “Sciopero finché non si dimette”
Copie digitali gonfiate e conti del bilancio falsati. C’è una svolta nell’inchiesta sul Sole 24 ore, il giornale finanziario della Confindustria finito nella bufera con un indebitamento finanziario ne
E a quanto pare di cose da dire sulla vicenda Sole 24 Ore ce ne sono ancora parecchie
Money quote: "Siamo riusciti a procurarci proprio in queste ore il testo della scrittura privata del 3 febbraio 2015 – che avrebbe dovuto assicurare al direttore una mega-liquidazione in caso di licenziamento senza giusta causa – sottoscritta in gran segreto da Benedini e Napoletano senza che il consiglio d’amministrazione, il collegio sindacale e gli azionisti ne sapessero alcunché. E con grande sorpresa emerge un fatto nuovo"
https://it.businessinsider.com/esclusivo-sole-24-ore-il-documento-sullaccordo-segreto-tra-benedini-treu-e-napoletano/
Money quote: "Siamo riusciti a procurarci proprio in queste ore il testo della scrittura privata del 3 febbraio 2015 – che avrebbe dovuto assicurare al direttore una mega-liquidazione in caso di licenziamento senza giusta causa – sottoscritta in gran segreto da Benedini e Napoletano senza che il consiglio d’amministrazione, il collegio sindacale e gli azionisti ne sapessero alcunché. E con grande sorpresa emerge un fatto nuovo"
https://it.businessinsider.com/esclusivo-sole-24-ore-il-documento-sullaccordo-segreto-tra-benedini-treu-e-napoletano/
Business Insider Italia
L'accordo segreto sulla buonuscita da 2,25 milioni per il direttore del Sole 24 Ore Roberto Napoletano
Il testo della scrittura privata
Pensavamo di essere tutti editorialisti in Italia, ma a quanto pare lo siamo in tutto il mondo. Ecco qui il video virale che mostra con chiarezza di dettagli la bilancia tra vita e lavoro mentre si sta disintegrando assieme a tutte le illusioni della TV sotto gli occhi del pubblico. L'esperto di fatti coreani collegato in diretta viene svelato e travolto dall'incursione dei due figli (e della scatenata moglie). 44 secondi che rappresentano il nostro mondo.
Money quote: "Indeed, upon closer inspection of the video, we see the makings of this desperate act. What appears to be this worldly commentator’s home office is actually a bedroom, with a world map taped to the wall and books lined up across the bed. His children didn’t just interrupt his interview; they uncovered his professional ruse. And now those poor kids are condemned to a life of meme-dom"
https://qz.com/929891/a-live-bbc-television-spot-went-totally-haywire-for-a-work-from-home-dad-when-real-life-slipped-in/
Money quote: "Indeed, upon closer inspection of the video, we see the makings of this desperate act. What appears to be this worldly commentator’s home office is actually a bedroom, with a world map taped to the wall and books lined up across the bed. His children didn’t just interrupt his interview; they uncovered his professional ruse. And now those poor kids are condemned to a life of meme-dom"
https://qz.com/929891/a-live-bbc-television-spot-went-totally-haywire-for-a-work-from-home-dad-when-real-life-slipped-in/
Quartz
A live BBC television spot went totally haywire for a work-from-home dad
Work-life balance has come a long, long way.
Negli Stati Uniti si parla sempre della bolla dei conservatori, che vivono circondati da fake news o notizie condiscendenti con la loro parte politica. Ma c’è anche una bolla per l’altra parte.
Money quote: “The U.S. presidential election, as I’ve argued, was something of a similar case. No, the polls didn’t show a toss-up, as they had in Brexit. But the reporting was much more certain of Clinton’s chances than it should have been based on the polls. Much of The New York Times’s coverage, for instance, implied that Clinton’s odds were close to 100 percent.”
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-really-was-a-liberal-media-bubble/
Money quote: “The U.S. presidential election, as I’ve argued, was something of a similar case. No, the polls didn’t show a toss-up, as they had in Brexit. But the reporting was much more certain of Clinton’s chances than it should have been based on the polls. Much of The New York Times’s coverage, for instance, implied that Clinton’s odds were close to 100 percent.”
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-really-was-a-liberal-media-bubble/
FiveThirtyEight
There Really Was A Liberal Media Bubble
This is the ninth article in a series that reviews news coverage of the 2016 general election, explores how Donald Trump won and why his chances were underrated…
L'interessante caso di Stephen Bannon, a capo della vittoriosa campagna di Donald Trump e furbacchione di prima grandezza. Ho come la sensazione che i giornali americani si stiano svegliando adesso. Intanto, salta uno dei procuratori di Barack Obama "sospesi" da Trump.
Money quote: "The issue of Bannon’s legal residency has been simmering since last summer, shortly after he became chief executive of Trump’s campaign. The Guardian reported in an Aug. 26 story that he was registered to vote at a then-vacant house and speculated that Bannon may have signed an oath that he was a Florida resident to take advantage of the state’s lack of state income taxes"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/investigations/during-his-political-rise-stephen-k-bannon-was-a-man-with-no-fixed-address/2017/03/11/89866f4c-0285-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html
Money quote: "The issue of Bannon’s legal residency has been simmering since last summer, shortly after he became chief executive of Trump’s campaign. The Guardian reported in an Aug. 26 story that he was registered to vote at a then-vacant house and speculated that Bannon may have signed an oath that he was a Florida resident to take advantage of the state’s lack of state income taxes"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/investigations/during-his-political-rise-stephen-k-bannon-was-a-man-with-no-fixed-address/2017/03/11/89866f4c-0285-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html
Washington Post
During his political rise, Stephen K. Bannon was a man with no fixed address
The White House strategist left little trace at homes he claimed in Florida.
Una brutta storia di controlli alla frontiera americana. C’è una band italiana, Soviet Soviet, che doveva andare a suonare gratuitamente (a scopo promozionale) in un festival piuttosto famoso, il SXSW, che ormai è diventato mainstream. Se si suona gratuitamente servono certi tipi di documenti, se si suona a pagamento ne servono altri.
Ai controlli di frontiera semplicemente non li hanno creduti e sono diventati “immigrati illegali”, con tutte le conseguenze del caso (notte in prigione ed espulsione il giorno dopo).
Money quote: “They took us to the customs office we were in the previous day and we waited for our return flight which was scheduled for around 1:00pm local time. Only a short while prior to taking off were we able to get back our cell phones and bags and we were escorted right up to the airplane. We were relieved to fly back home and distance ourselves from that violent, stressful and humiliating situation. We left Italy headed towards the US with all necessary documents, passports and various declarations in which we clearly explained the purpose of our tour, confirming it is was strictly promotional and that we were in no way going to earn money from it or receive any form of payment. We knew that if we were to receive any compensation we would have had to apply for work visas. This was not the case and the people we spoke to for information told us we would be fine.”
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/italian-band-soviet-soviet-jailed-and-deported-while-entering-us-for-sxsw/
Ai controlli di frontiera semplicemente non li hanno creduti e sono diventati “immigrati illegali”, con tutte le conseguenze del caso (notte in prigione ed espulsione il giorno dopo).
Money quote: “They took us to the customs office we were in the previous day and we waited for our return flight which was scheduled for around 1:00pm local time. Only a short while prior to taking off were we able to get back our cell phones and bags and we were escorted right up to the airplane. We were relieved to fly back home and distance ourselves from that violent, stressful and humiliating situation. We left Italy headed towards the US with all necessary documents, passports and various declarations in which we clearly explained the purpose of our tour, confirming it is was strictly promotional and that we were in no way going to earn money from it or receive any form of payment. We knew that if we were to receive any compensation we would have had to apply for work visas. This was not the case and the people we spoke to for information told us we would be fine.”
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/italian-band-soviet-soviet-jailed-and-deported-while-entering-us-for-sxsw/
BrooklynVegan
Italian band Soviet Soviet jailed and deported while entering US for SXSW
Italian band Soviet Soviet had a harrowing experience while trying to come into the US to perform at SXSW. Read their statement on being detained, jailed, and deported.
Vita e (tra poco) morte di una delle più importanti figure del mondo di appassionati Apple in California. Se volete spezzarvi il cuore, leggete questo articolo sino in fondo.
Money quote: “One day next week, if all goes according to plan, Tom Negrino will swallow a dose of anti-nausea drugs. Shortly afterward, he will raise a glass filled with four ounces of liquid and drink. Ninety capsules of a barbiturate will be dissolved in that glass. Negrino will follow it up with a glass of good wine, say goodbye to his wife and fall asleep. Within an hour, he will be dead.”
http://www.sonomawest.com/the_healdsburg_tribune/news/healdsburg-man-to-take-his-own-life-under-end-of/article_61375b76-038b-11e7-a0b4-67eae996d6bd.html
Money quote: “One day next week, if all goes according to plan, Tom Negrino will swallow a dose of anti-nausea drugs. Shortly afterward, he will raise a glass filled with four ounces of liquid and drink. Ninety capsules of a barbiturate will be dissolved in that glass. Negrino will follow it up with a glass of good wine, say goodbye to his wife and fall asleep. Within an hour, he will be dead.”
http://www.sonomawest.com/the_healdsburg_tribune/news/healdsburg-man-to-take-his-own-life-under-end-of/article_61375b76-038b-11e7-a0b4-67eae996d6bd.html
Sonoma West Publishers
Living and dying on his own terms
Healdsburg man to take his own life under “End of Life Option” law
Comunque, ci deve essere qualche italiano anche nello staff amministrativo del Congresso americano. Perché la mezza truffa delle bandiere a stelle e strisce che vengono vendute “dopo che sono state sventolate sulla capitale degli Stati Uniti” in realtà sembra frutto di qualche ingegno nostrano. C’è anche l’ascensore…
Money quote: “The reality of the flag program is a little less glamorous. The Flag Office is located in an underground office inside the Capitol’s terrace. This office connects to the surface by a special elevator that permits the bulk flying of flags with machine-like efficiency on a single small flagpole. The flag goes up, the flag goes down; it has now been flown over the Capitol. They fly for a few seconds on a small unceremonious pole in the corner of the terrace that is strategically positioned to conceal it from tourists. Staffers and interns can sit outside the Republican cloakroom and watch the elevator running up and down in the afternoon.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/capitol-flag-elevator
Money quote: “The reality of the flag program is a little less glamorous. The Flag Office is located in an underground office inside the Capitol’s terrace. This office connects to the surface by a special elevator that permits the bulk flying of flags with machine-like efficiency on a single small flagpole. The flag goes up, the flag goes down; it has now been flown over the Capitol. They fly for a few seconds on a small unceremonious pole in the corner of the terrace that is strategically positioned to conceal it from tourists. Staffers and interns can sit outside the Republican cloakroom and watch the elevator running up and down in the afternoon.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/capitol-flag-elevator
Atlas Obscura
The Capitol Flag Elevator Flies American Flags in Bulk "Over the U.S. Capitol"
America's Congressional Flag Program is a little less glamorous than it seems.